I agree with the article. Arch is NOT easy, but the pain is worth the gain.Also over the years I have learned more from reading discussions on the Arch forums and posts then almost anywhere else. Thus I hope that will spark similar discussion on this list, ones that are worthwhile to have and learn from.
Joe /** Joseph T Apuzzo ** ** Developer, Admin: Cloud, HPC, Storage ** Linux (LPIC-1), Windows, Android, AIX ** http://www.linkedin.com/in/japuzzo/ ** ** PGP/GPG Key ID# 0xA16E26CF ** FingerPrint: 19A8 44EC F650 782B 6770 BF0E 2DAA 3D75 A16E 26CF **/ ---- On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 14:57:20 -0400 Allen <[email protected]> wrote ---- On Monday, April 13, 2015 11:30:29 AM japuzzo wrote: > package selection, Arch is a mature full > featured distro. Side note: > 1) mate is basically Gnome 2.x thus very useable, adding real web browsers > also makes it feel/act like a real PC ( will have to add LibraOffice next ) > 2) Arch is NOT Ubuntu! It's more like Slackware in that there is no "hand > holding" you need to know how to setup and edit config files etc. > Just by coincidence, last week's "Linux Weekly News" had an informative review of Arch Linux "The Grumpy Editor's Arch Linux Experience" (LWN editor Jonathan Corbet is the "Grumpy Editor"). http://lwn.net/Articles/637341/ There's quite a bit more to setting up Arch Linux than just editing config files. -- Phenom II X2 550 | Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 | 2 x 4G DDR3 1333 | WD Black 1 TB | GeForce 210 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * May 6 - Docker: An Open Platform For Distributed Applications For Developers And Sysadmins
_______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * May 6 - Docker: An Open Platform For Distributed Applications For Developers And Sysadmins
